#D8C048#D8C048

#D8C048 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.139 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C048
RGB	rgb(216, 192, 72)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 66.7%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.74, -4.93, 61.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.74, 61.43, 94.61°)
OKLab	oklab(80.64% -0.019 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(80.64% 0.139 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.3404, 52.7684, 13.7687)
Luminance	0.5277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C048 #4860D8

analogous

#D87848 #D8C048 #A8D848

triadic

#D8C048 #48D8C0 #C048D8

tetradic

#D8C048 #48D878 #4860D8 #D848A8

square

#D8C048 #48D878 #4860D8 #D848A8

split-complementary

#D8C048 #48A8D8 #7848D8

monochromatic

#89771D #BBA228 #D8C048 #E3D17A #EEE3AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#D8C048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#D8C048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C048

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C048	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 192, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.139 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d281',
    500: '#d8c048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c048;
$custom-light: #e8d281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80643,
    "c": 0.13928,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C048

secondary

#36448F

accent

#5CE840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C048

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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